Nothing tastes as GOOD as SLIM feels part 2

[thedogwalker]

Well here we go, New Year and NEW US. Wishing everyone good luck and sending lots of happy vibes so that we can all reach our goals

Hi all! Have developed a bout of fecking sinusitus, with a massive headache and face-ache - nice. Cannot face exercise whilst feeling like this. Justaminute, well done on your running as well, still more than I can manage! Put the chocolate binge behind you, today's another day. Changing room mirrors are evil - too many angles! I've got to carry on tracking my calories carefully given that I don't feel I can exercise at the moment - poached egg on toast for breakfast, tomato, lentil & chickpea soup again for lunch, and tuna & tomato rice for tea. Am about to have a blood orange for vitamin C! Thinbride, happy birthday to your DS, hope he has a lovely party!

Justamin, feel for you. I hate going clothes shopping. I always have to go on my own as I end up in a right mood and that wouldn't be fair on anyone I went shopping with (don't even go with DH). And I know exactly where you are coming from on the 'it should spur me on but doesn't'. I do exactly the same and feel sorry for myself which end sin a binge. Well, maybe after a few more months on here, we can all say goodbye to such nightmares. Sending you lots of happy vibes

JAM I know that feeling too well and I'm more likely to wallow too. I actually haven't bought anything in ages that would need to be tried on. I know most size 12 jeans fit me and size 14 tops so I just buy baggy stuff in those sizes and feel rubbish when I get home and realise they do nothing for me. Lets lose some more lbs then we will be trying stuff on joyfully and ecstatically

Thinbride Happy birthday to your ds! Ds2 was 3 in Oct. Its a geat age

Knotty poor you! sounds rubbish. Hope you kick it soon.

Good dieting day today. I always find it easier at work!
skinny capuccino, yoghurt, banana
Itsu 7 veg detox soup
leftover chicken curry with chick peas
snacks banana, 1 marshmallow, 1 strawberry dipped in choc (ds1 made it for me so couldn't say no )

No exercise today but thats because I'm blardy knackered. Ds2 decided to party from 2.30am til 5am! Alarm went off at 6. Grrr.

Ah, Shaxx, hope you got a better night's sleep. Sinuses still playing up here although better today. The only tablets that kicked the headache yesterday were really strong ibuprofen, which my stomach didn't like very much! Managing without any tablets so far today. Got boring jobs this morning (cleaning the loo anyone?), but going to get them out of the way and get out in the garden later for a bit of digging, it's beautiful weather here. Going to have grilled bacon, poached egg and mushrooms for lunch (v.excited, how sad is that). Mediterranean cod, potato wedges and salad for dinner tonight - after I've made DS a mound of pancakes of course. Hope everyone has a good day x

Thanks for the support ladies. It?s nice to know I?m not the only one who suffers the curse of the changing rooms. I?ve told myself that I will revisit the dreaded changing rooms once I?ve lost a stone and will buy some quality jeans.

I ditched Davina for a game of netball last night. It was the first game of the Summer season ? ha, ha ? it was freezing - minus 1 degree according to the car thermometer. However it was good to get out, we won too but my thighs are feeling it today.

Dh is out tonight so I have a date with Davina and a stack of pancakes will be made to share with the dcs. (they?ll be my dinner along with some fruit).

Knotty hope you are feeling better soon. I?m really enjoying my exercising at the moment (sorry to rub it in) so I can imagine how miffed you are that you aren?t shredding etc.

I've been very good today so will treat myself to 1/2 a pancake :)

Are any of you on MyFitnessPal on the iphone?

justaminute, hope you enjoyed Davina. Yeah I am miffed about the lack of exercise, I'd been getting very into it, but hope to start again tomorrow. Shaxx, how was your pancake? I had one with lemon & a bit of sugar. DS had six! Good job he's like a streak of the proverbial. Feeling much better today. Did a bit of gardening yesterday but after I'd done the weeding and got rid of all the fox pooh from my cold frame (mmm!), I'd had enough! Going to carry on this afternoon. Prawns & avocado with ryvitas for lunch and turkey couscous thingy for dinner tonight. Have a good day everyone!

So pleased I posted on here that I was going to do Davina as I really didn't fancy it but because I'd posted that I was going to do it I felt obliged IYKWIM. So tonight.. I'm going to go for a run

Pancake was lovely Knotty. A simple one with lemon juice and sugar too. I was really tempted to try a stewed apple and ice cream recipe but resisted as I would have scoffed loads of that! Lunch sounds lovely.
Glad to hear you're feeling better and well done on the gardening. We have a problem with fox pooh too. It drives us mad. They are so bold and will do it right up by our back AND front door. Grr.

Well dom JAM. I need to do some exercise too but haven't decided what yet. I'm still really tired. Signs of old age, I think!

Food diary
weetabix, yoghurt, banana
chickpeas, quinoa
chicken, veg

Thankfully no fox poo in my garden just the neighbour's cat poo .

I did my run - two lots of 8 minutes. Thinbride you talked about doing the couch to 5k too, have you made a start? I really recommend it the progress I've made in just 5 weeks is amazing. It is giving me a buzz.

I need to tackle the food now - too much snacking on the wrong stuff has been going on.

JAM we need to discuss tactics. I'm so back in the healthy eating zone but can't get back into exercise!
My tip is get onto MyFitnessPal and add me as a friend :).
Its free. You log in all your food and exercise and your friends get to see your messages and vice versa.
Bit like Facebook for dieters :)
It is really helping me a lot.

Shaxx, I'm not on MyFitnessPal but I use a similar online tracker and I couldn't do without it! I honestly don't think I'd have much of an idea of how many calories I was having if I didn't use it. Just done Level 2 Shred, and it was bloody hard! I'd forgotten how much I hate those V raise things but I did manage Natalie versions for everything except the cursed double jump rope. So happy to be back exercising . (Sometimes I really do think I've had a personality transplant in the last couple of months !) Food today - toast & marmite for breakfast, beans on toast for lunch (they need using up!) and chicken or prawn stir fry with purple sprouting broccoli for dinner. Hope everyone has a good day x

Knotty the reason I like myfitnesspal is that I can use it on my phone. I used to use foodfocus on line but I find it easier on my phone. Plus having friends on there makes a huge difference for me.
Well done for exercising! I hate those v raises too.

I've had my breakfast but haven't decided for the rest of the day yet.

oh to have an i-Phone . I always inherit DP's old phones and I think the most advanced feature my current model has is an alarm clock .

I have a brick of a phone too. I have a pay as you go type contract ? the bill just comes out of my account each month so I don?t have to worry about top ups etc. My monthly bill is between £2 and £4. I don?t have many friends to call .

Shaxx - If I did use myfitnesspal you?d be getting updates every 10 minutes of the latest naughty morsel I?d eaten! I used food focus for a while but I found it a faff and conveniently forgot what I?d eaten when I went to log it. Perhaps I need to carry a notepad around with me to write down everything I eat.

Today I intended to be good but a colleague had a birthday and I succumbed to a slice of Victoria sandwich, I will do two lots of Davina in penance tonight.

Justaminute, better to have a few good mates than loads of "friends" just to make up the numbers! I only have about 5 people I would really feel I can turn to, or have a genuine relaxed laugh with. I cut someone out of my life last year after 30 years, which sounds harsh but there were "circumstances" that had been dragging on for ages. Feel so much better for it! I'm sure Davina will more than make up for the cake - sounds mighty tasty though .

I agree with you Knotty.
I must look really sad on Facebook (not that I use it much) but just because I only have about 12 friends on there. I only wanted people who I genuinely call friends to be on there.
And I only have a few people who I call regularly and go out with.
I did similar as you too knotty. I just started avoiding someone after a long 'friendship' too. I feel better for it as well. Sometimes you have to put yourself first.

JAM get that notebook out, if thats what you prefer but have some way of recording everything you have. It really does help. The advantage of the online ones is that they can work out all your cals if its not that straightforward.

Just had spiced carrot & lentil soup for lunch. BBC website again. I love that site
Though I modified the recipe a bit to make it lower in cals (no oil, no milk just some fat free yoghurt)and had a wholemeal pitta bread with it.

Hellair everyone!

Apologies again for swinging in only occasionally. Just wanted to come in and do a twirl.

Today is the one-year anniversary of when I started dieting. Was 15 stone 6 in March 2010 (BMI 33.8 - obese), this morning I am 11 stone 12 (BMI 26 - just overweight). NTAGABSM threads helped me a lot.

This means I've gone from a size 20 to a pretty reliable size 14 (except in H&M, where I am still a size 18 ). When I hit 11 stone 5 I will no longer be in the 'overweight' BMI zone. My next goal is to lose this 7 pounds before going on Holiday at the end of April, where there will be swimming costumes involved. I may even be able to get into more generous shops' size 12s.

I seem to have turned into a gym nut, mind, and my thighs look like a rugby player's. Oh well. Maybe some guys are into that...

I like foodfocus - I tend to eat a variation on the same things every day, so I can programme in meals and go 'click, click, click' and not think about it too much except for the extra bits around those meals. It's good being able to see a clear correlation between days where I've been bad and the non-progress of my downward weightloss. It's good for calculating alcohol calories as well, which I often overlooked.

Hope everyone is well!

*NTAGABSF, rather.

Welldone undertone! That is great, bet you feel all slinky now? (vvv jealous). Keep up the good work and that last 7lb will fly off.

Well done Undertone. How inspiring
I'm not surprised you're showing off, twirling away

Wow undertone, you need to post comments more often, you put us all to shame, and maybe it would spur us all on. So very happy for you. Wow you're going to love shopping for your holiday clothes

Well I've had notification from work this week that I am to start work in the UK on Mon 2 May, which doesn't give me much time to pack, find somewhere to live and get moved. Plus I did want to spend the last few weeks of my maternity leave with my little boy....not packing boxes, bloody job. And it also means that I get separated from DH. He is coming to the UK with me, helping with the move but he has to be back in Germany by the 29th of April and then God only knows when he will next get the chance to pop over

Sorry little rant over.

Well I think I've been good all week, but due to trying to sort my move I've had no time for exercise, so I've got my fingers x for the weigh in tomorrow.

Knotty so glad that you're feeling better and way to go girl, straight back in to the phys.

Well good luck to everyone for the weigh in tomorrow, take care xx

Hi all - sorry have been AWOL. Work has continued to be insane (am logging in from work now) this week so diet, exercise, and life have all gone out the window. Deal should sign early next week with any luck so will get back to having a life then. On the plus side, despite eating crap all week whenever I can grab it, I'm still the same weight (so at least there is a positive to stress and living on 3 hours sleep a night)... Shaxx, you have my sympathies on midnight boogie-ing little ones: DS2 was a bugger for that until around 4 months ago...

Undertone - well done my friend. I am so proud of you and delighted you are now a gym nut. You should be so proud of yourself!

Knotty - glad you're feeling better and back to exercising.

Aargh, more work to do - better get back to it

I didn't mean to sound like a billy no mates earlier. On reflection my sad face was unnecessary. I just don't feel the need to text and call people a lot of the time, I like to keep myself to myself hence I don't do facebook etc. However...I love the anonymity of Mumsnet and will happily prattle on about my (lack of) weight loss.

Undertone - fantastic stuff! Twirl and be VERY proud.

I attempted to do a double Davina but failed, I punched too aggressively and twinged a shoulder muscle so i called it a day after 10 minutes rather than risk a big injury. My head wasn't in the right place either, think I'd left it too late.

I revisited food focus tonight, today's food log is way over target - woops. Undertone's comment " It's good being able to see a clear correlation between days where I've been bad and the non-progress of my downward weightloss" made a lot of sense to me so I'm going to try to use it everyday - I might need you folks to nag / kick me up the bum to do it . how do you deal with home cooked food or food cooked by others? I have 2 family dos this weekend so it will be difficult to accurately record. Do you make a best guess?

TDW - I know you've been expecting the return to work but I bet being given dates and paperwork has been horrid. I'm sure you'll try to make the most of the next few weeks.

Dinky - Yuk to work. Will you be appropriately recompensed or is it a case of having to take the rough with the smooth? My mum has never got her head around me being salaried and having to do extra from home at busy times to keep my head above water. I have to close my ears to her questioning of "will you get paid for all this work etc, etc" it drives me mad ,just realised I've asked you the very question that my mum winds me up with

I'm wittering now...it's time for bed. Must tidy and get ready for tomorrows weigh in. Is it possible to lose 1000 calories whilst I sleep???

Justamin, I so believe in food focus or anything that is similar, it keeps me on the right track.

Well I am OMG this week as I've losst 4 lbs . That puts me at dead on 10 stone, the same weight as my wedding day,and 4 lbs lighter than when I got pregnant, so I am double yippee. Now just another 7lbs to lose to get to my ideal weight....I don't think I have been under 10 stone at any point in my late 30s, so here goes.

Good luck to everyone xx